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Patrick Doucet served in the Royal Canadian Navy and fought in the Battle of the Atlantic and the hunt for German U-boats. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Mr. Paul Bender is a British-born veteran who served between 1943 and 1945 as an apprentice with the British Merchant Navy. Having participated in 25 sea convoys, Mr. Bender recalls different incidents that happened at sea while facing German U-boats. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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"It's thanks to all the seamen of the wartime navy and of the merchant navy, and to the airmen, who fought off enemy submarines and aircraft, that the worst outcome was avoided." See below for Mr. de Viller's entire testimony. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Paul Lup Chan served during the Second World War.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Pawel Lojko served in the Polish Army during the Second World War. See his full testimony below.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Pawel "Paul" Koczula served in Polish Independent Highland Brigade during the Second World War.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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"I think the young people should understand what our generation went through to give them their rights today. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Chinese, Japanese, Irish, they all went through discrimination here in Canada in those days." Peggy Lee served with the St. John’s Ambulance Corps during the Second World War. See below for Ms. Lee's entire testimony. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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In 2010, The Memory Project interviewed Percy “Junior” Jackson, a veteran of the Second World War. The following recording (and transcript) is an excerpt from this interview. Jackson was born in Lucasville, Nova Scotia, on 19 December 1926 and was of Irish, Ethiopian, Mi’kmaq, and French-Canadian descent. In his testimony, he recalls being the only Black family in his community in Windsor. Growing up, Jackson was very close to his older brother, who joined the fight in Europe during the Second World War, leaving him devastated. Jackson enlisted at Halifax at the age of 16 and was sent overseas in 1944 to join The North Nova Scotia Highlanders. His mission was to reunite with his older brother, who was fighting in the Netherlands. After the war, Jackson served in Germany before returning to Canada. He remained in the armed forces, serving in the army reserve (logistics) until 1977, when he retired at the rank of Master Warrant Officer. Jackson served in several peacekeeping missions, including the United Nations Emergency Force that was established to bring an end to the Suez Crisis of 1956. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Pierre Gauthier served with the Régiment de la Chaudière during the Second World War and took part in D-Day. See his full testimony below, and watch our 2018 interview with him here.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Ralph MacLean fought with The Royal Rifles of Canada Regiment at the Battle of Hong Kong in December 1941. He was captured on 25 December 1941 and remained in a Japanese prisoner of war camp for the remainder of the war.
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Ralph Rosser joined the Sea Cadets in 1940 and then transferred into the Royal Canadian Navy in 1942. He served as an electrician on board the Bangor class minesweeper HMCS Minas. Minas escorted convoys into Portsmouth and cleared mines in the English Channel. He also swept the beaches prior to D-Day.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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General (ret’d) Ramsey Withers is a graduate of both Royal Roads Military College and the Royal Military College of Canada. Commissioned as a lieutenant with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (RCCS), he went to Korea as a replacement signals officer with 1st Battalion, Le Royal 22e Regiment. When the battalion rotated out of theatre, Withers was assigned to the 1st Commonwealth Division Battle School in Japan and trained incoming soldiers in preparation for the field in Korea. Following the Korean War, Withers had a long career in the armed forces, including as Chief of the Defence Staff (1980-1983). Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker's recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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"If he was black or French or whatever, and you reach down to help him out of the water, you don’t say to him, oh, I’m not going to get him up, he’s not one of us. No." See below for Mr. Hope's entire testimony. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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